Transmission is a file sharing program.
When you run a torrent, its data will be made available to others by means of upload.
Any content you share is your sole responsibility.
1 - Flash Rmerlin firmware from here
2a - Install Optware-NG from here
or
2b - Install Entware-NG from here
3a - For Arm routers setup Debian Jessie from here (remove transmission if is installed: from optware with ipkg remove transmission, from entware with opkg remove transmission)
or
3b - For Mipsel routers setup Debian Wheezy from here (remove transmission if is installed: from optware with ipkg remove transmission, from entware with opkg remove transmission)
4 - Enter chrooted debian with:
5 - Update Debian
6 - Install necessary packages
libssl-dev pkg-config build-essential checkinstall intltool
7 - Download libevent v2.0.22 source code and compile
wget https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-2.0.22-stable/libevent-2.0.22-stable.tar.gz
tar xvf libevent-2.0.22-stable.tar.gz
cd libevent-2.0.22-stable
./configure
make -j 2
8 - Run checkinstall, press enter, enter, type 2 and name it libevent, type 3 and give it version 2.0.22, now press enter again
The libevent package has been installed and saved to /var/tmp/libevent-2.0.22-stable/libevent_2.0.22-1.deb, you can store it in another place for future use or share it with someone else.
8b - If you get "Installation failed. Aborting package creation", disable translation and run checkinstall again
9 - Download and install transmission v2.92+ latest source code
wget https://build.transmissionbt.com/job/trunk-linux/9305/artifact/transmission-master-rc8696df516.tar.xz
tar xvf transmission-master-rc8696df516.tar.xz
cd transmission-2.92+
./configure --enable-lightweight
make -j 2
10 - Run checkinstall and press enter 3 times
The transmission package has been installed and saved to /var/tmp/transmission-2.92+/transmission_2.92+.deb, you can store it in another place for future use or share it with someone else.
10b - If you get "Installation failed. Aborting package creation", disable translation and run checkinstall again
11 - Download startup script
chmod 755 /etc/init.d/S95transmission-debian
12 - Start and stop transmission to create path
/etc/init.d/S95transmission-debian stop
13 - Backup and replace settings file with optimised one
wget -c -O /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json https://bit.ly/2xWdiIg
14 - Start transmission
15 - Go to default router ip address 192.168.1.1:9091 username admin, password admin, you can change this by editing /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json file but be sure transmission is stopped before making changes.
16 - To create startup script we need to stop transmission, and exit debian
exit
17 - Add transmission to chroted services list
echo "S95transmission-debian" >>/opt/etc/chroot-services.list
chmod 755 /opt/etc/chroot-services.list
18 - Create init-start script for some memory tweaks as suggested by ryzhov_al
#!/bin/sh
echo 524288 > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max
echo 524288 > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max
echo 8192 > /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes
Save with CTRL-O, press ENTER and exit nano with CTRL-X
Make scripts executable
19 - Start transmission from outside debian together with mounted external folder
Enjoy...
